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Red Hat first open-source company to hit $1B in annual revenue
Red Hat became the first open-source company to hit $1 billion in revenue, after its revenue grew 25 percent in fiscal 2012. Red Hat makes money by charging for upgrades and services to maintain its
Open-source code quality as good as proprietary software
The quality of open-source code matches or exceeds that of proprietary software, according to the 2011 Coverity Scan Open Source Integrity Report. According to The Inquirer, researchers combed
Report: Linux job openings on the rise
The demand for Linux skills is on the rise, but finding talent is difficult. This was the conclusion of the 2012 Linux Jobs Report released yesterday, which surveyed more than 2,000 hiring managers.
Open-source Spark tablet could arrive as early as May
KDE plans to release a tablet that operates on the open source Linux operating system. According to a blog post written by KDE developer Aaron J. Seigo, the Spark tablet will come with a 7-inch
Survey: Large enterprises using Linux in a big way
Business has been booming for Linux in this era of continued IT budget constraints, and the outlook remains rosy, at least according a report just released by The Linux Foundation. In the last year,
ARM-based Windows 8 devices block loading of alternative OS
Back in September, we wrote about a feature in Microsoft's ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) upcoming Windows 8 operating system called UEFI, or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, used to protect against hackers
Amazon Web Services adds Windows Server to free usage tier
Amazon ( NASDAQ: AMZN ) has started offering Windows Server 2008 R2 to its free usage tier of Amazon Web Services, a move that the company no doubt hopes will lure Windows administrators over to its
Will switching to Linux enhance system security?
The control systems for U.S. military drones appear to have been switched from Windows to Linux as part of a recent upgrade . This comes in the wake of a malware attack last September that saw a
Air Force drone control system now runs on Linux
The drone control systems used to operate U.S. military drones appear to have made the switch to Linux, says Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure, in a tweet. Referring to the discovery
Mozilla releases Firefox 9, updates it the next day
Mozilla released Firefox 9 earlier this week, which incorporates new capabilities in its JavaScript engine that greatly speed up its performance. After more than a year in development, Type Inference
